Sathyabama, Madras, SRM on winning spree

Chennai, Dec 14 (UNI) Hosts Sathyabama University, Annamalai (Chidambaram), Madras and SRM notched up their third successive wins in the Group league matches and virtually assured themselves of semi-final berths in the Tamil Nadu Inter-University Basketball Tournament here today.

While Sathyabhama subdued Tamil Nadu Physical Education University (TNPEU) 74-45, Annamalai got the better of Sastra University, Thanjavur, 41-25 in Group A.

In late last evening matches, Sathyabhama defeated VIT 58-30 while Annamalai beat TNPEU 56-48.

In Group B, Madras University defeated Gandigramam University 49-21, while SRM defeated Bharath 69-39.

In the last league matches, Sathyabhama will meet Annamaalai and SRM would come face to face with Madras University to decide the group toppers.

Results: Group A: Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)-59 (Jubin 19) bt Sastra University, Thanjavur-37 (Senthil 15).

Annamalai University-56 (Guna 19, Petchi 16) bt TNPEU-48 (Senthil Kumar 24).

Sathyabama-58 (Milton 14, Atkins 20) bt VIT-30 (Harsha 12, Jubin 10).

Sathyabama-74 (Atkins 18, Selvam 24) bt TNPEU-45 (Senthil Kumar 12, Prasanna Kumar 12) Annamalai-41 (Petchi 11) bt Sastra-25.

Group B: SRM-61 (Natarajan 14, SAtish 16) bt Bharathidhasan-37 (Kartik 13, Sujesh 11).

Madras University-49 (Babu 10) bt Gandhigram University-21 (Harishankar 12) SRM-69 (Sathish 34, Parker 14) bt Bharath-39 (Sriprakash 18).

Gandhigram, Dindugul-48 (Harishanker 18, Jeyachandran 16) bt Bharathidhasan University-46 (Sujesh 20).

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